| POS | Rank | Heat | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS | WIND | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 831 | Anjanette Kirkland |  USA | 12.69 Q SB | -0.6 | 
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 815 | Gail Devers |  USA | 12.72 Q | -0.5 | 
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 84 | Svetla Pishtikova |  BUL | 12.74 Q SB | -0.5 | 
| 3 | 1 | 3 | 762 | Susanna Kallur |  SWE | 12.74 Q PB | +0.3 | 
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 491 | Olga Shishigina |  KAZ | 12.75 Q | -0.6 | 
| 6 | 2 | 3 | 443 | Brigitte Foster-Hylton |  JAM | 12.79 Q | +0.3 | 
| 7 | 1 | 4 | 806 | Jenny Adams |  USA | 12.80 Q | -1.1 | 
| 8 | 3 | 1 | 680 | Irina Shevchenko |  RUS | 12.87 Q | -0.6 | 
| 9 | 3 | 3 | 835 | Donica Merriman |  USA | 12.88 Q | +0.3 | 
| 10 | 2 | 4 | 112 | Perdita Felicien |  CAN | 12.89 Q | -1.1 | 
| 11 | 3 | 2 | 266 | Linda Ferga-Khodadin |  FRA | 12.91 Q | -0.5 | 
| 12 | 4 | 1 | 280 | Nicole Ramalalanirina |  FRA | 12.94 q SB | -0.6 | 
| 12 | 4 | 2 | 457 | Dionne Rose-Henley |  JAM | 12.94 q SB | -0.5 | 
| 14 | 3 | 4 | 441 | Vonette Dixon |  JAM | 13.03 Q | -1.1 | 
| 15 | 4 | 4 | 277 | Patricia Girard |  FRA | 13.11 q | -1.1 | 
| 16 | 4 | 3 | 321 | Kirsten Bolm |  GER | 13.13 | +0.3 | 
| 17 | 5 | 1 | 386 | Nadine Faustin-Parker |  HAI | 13.15 | -0.6 | 
| 18 | 5 | 3 | 81 | Maurren Higa Maggi |  BRA | 13.16 | +0.3 | 
| 19 | 5 | 4 | 419 | Irina Lenskiy |  ISR | 13.20 | -1.1 | 
| 20 | 6 | 3 | 746 | Sriyani Kulawansa-Fonseca |  SRI | 13.23 SB | +0.3 | 
| 21 | 6 | 1 | 535 | Rosa Rakotozafy |  MAD | 13.24 | -0.6 | 
| 22 | 5 | 2 | 776 | Trecia Roberts |  THA | 13.27 | -0.5 | 
| 23 | 6 | 2 | 418 | Svetlana Gnezdilov |  ISR | 13.28 | -0.5 | 
| 24 | 7 | 1 | 795 | Olena Krasovska |  UKR | 13.30 | -0.6 | 
| 25 | 6 | 4 | 132 | Yun Feng |  CHN | 13.35 | -1.1 | 
| 26 | 7 | 3 | 127 | Angela Whyte |  CAN | 13.38 | +0.3 | 
| 27 | 7 | 4 | 89 | Gergana Stoyanova |  BUL | 13.48 | -1.1 | 
| 28 | 8 | 3 | 707 | Natalya Shekhodanova |  RUS | 13.84 | +0.3 | 
| 2 | 686 | Svetlana Laukhova |  RUS | DQ | |||
| 2 | 93 | Maria-Joelle Conjungo |  CAF | DNS |